Brian Williams Thanks Obamas for 'Warm and Glittery Evening' With the 'Better Than Average' at State Dinner

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Like Katie Couric, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted (on NBC’s Daily Nightly blog) he was dazzled to be invited to the White House state dinner on Tuesday night. Also like Couric, he failed to explain whether a national news anchor attending a White House dinner might be compromising their appearance of being independent of presidential power. Instead, we were offered pinch-me talk:

At one point last night – at several points, actually – I turned to my wife and asked, "What, exactly, are we doing here? Can you believe where we are?" I suppose there are people who are blasé about State Dinners, but we are not among them. I was honored to attend. It was a warm and glittery evening in a beautiful place...with better-than-average people! It was a thrill to see everyone – the boldface names, obviously...

And he also then saluted all the military people, Secret Service guards, and ushers and other helpers. But mostly, we was thrilled to hang out with the Obamas:

Needless to say, it was wonderful to see the President and First Lady and to greet their distinguished honored guests from India. It's not something you ever get used to...nor is there a way to describe how strange it was just now -- while typing this -- to look up and see my wife and me on cable, in a clip from the arrival last night.

Needless to say, Williams doesn't always feel this dazzled in front of presidents. He pushed George W. Bush around with the charge he mishandled Hurricane Katrina because of his "clueless patrician" upbringing.

In addition to Williams and Couric, the other TV journalists on the official White House invitation list were Robin Roberts of ABC, as well as Sanjay Gupta and Fareed Zakaria of CNN. (Although it was implied on air, ABC's Claire Shipman was not on the list.) General Electric (and thus NBC) CEO Jeff Immelt was also on the list.

There were also print journalists who made the White House list: Thomas Friedman of the New York Times and Raju Narisetti and Rajiv Chandasekaran of The Washington Post.

—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.

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I guess Williams thinks he's just some average Joe.

Maybe he forgot the part about being a slothering ,squishy, school girl Obama supporting network news anchor who bows on camera at the drop of a hat and is all too happy too use his position to prop up Obama and his policies.     Maybe that is why he was there.

" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him....-Sen. Jim DeMint

Ahhhh....another illiterate news anchor!!

This master of the english language is a news anchor?   "we WAS thrilled to hang out with the obamas"      Actually in truth....he was thrilled to be able to be there to kiss booty!!!

So they all says, they says.....

obama says, "we are glad to have had you"........der peeples say...."its been nice being had!"

Did he also offer to go and

Did he also offer to go and warm up the bed for Barry and the Wookie?  And then make sure Barry was all tucked in?  Hey Williams, close your mouth, your drooling.

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" Tacitus

Awwww...

This makes up for all the years he spent being the outcast or nerd within the micro-society known as school.  Now he's in with the popular clique...finally!  Warms your heart, huh?  Wonder how Bill Gates handled not being invited.  Some how I can't see Bill losing a second of sleep over it.  

Brian Williams and his

Brian Williams and his slobbering love affair...warms the cockles of you heart doesn't it.

journalistic integrity for sale

I remember being outraged watching Brian bow to Obama as he interviewed him months ago.  That is why Brian was invited.  He is a member of Obama's press crew.  The American public knows that; and so does Brian.  Brian and his network belong to the administraton - reminds me of Chavez, Castro, Hitler - the press is a valuable tool to  them.  Obama has learned well.  I hope he also realizes he lacks journalistic integrity in our eyes.  He should be ashamed of himself but I don't think he has the honor or integrity to do so.

Geez

Can't he just accept the "thank you" for helping get the 0 elected, and shut up? 

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

Oh Absolutely!!

Totallly objective and non-partisian! Absolutely a non-biased journalist.  I'm sure he would have posted the exact same, even a  more sychophantic posting had he been invited to the Bush White House.

In-the-tank for Obama?  Perish the thought!  What an MSM twat!

And then Brian's post continued..........

And we actually got to meet the President and his wife.  I got all weak-kneed and felt like I was going to throw up,  It was wild!  I shook hands with the President, and Michelle flexed her bi-ceps, and my wife and I got all tingly in those special places we never like to talk about.  And here were are, in the presence of The One and his His Wife - an absolute dream.  It was surreal!  I can't believe I got invited to the White House.  I mean, I'm just a news reader who has perfected the skill of reading a teleprompter.  I guess that's what the Big B and I have in common.  No one would ever know that I supported and voted for Barrack last year and that I still have the brown marks on my nose from kissing his presidential ass, but this is just too wild.  Suck on it, you losers at FOX News- didn't see any of you losers at this shindig.  Guess that tells you where you stand with our President.  I  was invited - you weren't!  Ha, ha!

Brian

Wow

Another groupie.

I am not surprised!

I just let my local network affliate know that the lack of journalistic ethics demonstrated by their network affiliate's news operations is impacting my viewing of their local newscasts since I have to view factual reporting from other sources of national news reports during the periods of their local newscasts.

I hope they get the message that this is hitting their bottom line for ratings and advertising dollars.

I like to believe that once

I like to believe that once upon a time journalists could go to such an event and have no problem with seeing through the BS and not being taken in.

However, as we learn more about American journalism it would seem there never really wasn't such a time and honest journalists only exist in the mind of Hollywood writers.

Oh, and in the minds of biased journalist themselves who can't admit they have a problem (disease?).

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

Williams' Freudian money quote

It was a warm and glittery evening in a beautiful place...with better-than-average people!

That sums it up....he thinks those who attend these things are better than us.

Here's a newsflash for you Brian; they (and you) may be more famous;  that doesn't mean better.  There's a difference.

 

Summation

"Better than average people". That says it all. These lying, thieving, controlling moral midgets and intellectual dwarfs like Williams have the audacity to make that statement. Liberalism and socialism depend upon viewing political opponents as inferior beings, sub humans. Yes, the liberals REALLY do think they are better than "average people". This eliteism must be stamped out, and it's leftist adherents along with it.

Still dreaming in lala land.....

.....thinking that Obama is just so......."heavenly".

I am sure he enjoyed being in a room with all of those "better than average" people.  If there were a group of "average" people there, it would not have been a very pleasant evening.

These people, just will not allow themselves to see this administration, and this President, in ANY light of truth, whatsoever.

Fine.  He's your man......and you are going to be held to it.   He's your baby now......but don't think for one second that, when everything starts to blow up in your face, that no-one was ever there, pointing it out, and that you were somehow blindsided.

 

...Now, the day after

Williams, thinking as he reads the data coming in.....hmmmm, taxes going up. WH trying to hide climategate. WH wants to suppress freedom of speech. Crazy decision on terrorists. More soldiers killed because of lack of support. ... I suspose I should report on this.

....but on the other hand, being invited to the state dinner was sooooo nice. .... dream .... dream...

Ok, back to business. My first headline -- what should it be. I've got it: "In spite of the continued problems he inherited from Bush, President Obama was able to mend some fences this week with the State Dinner...."  and the beat goes on.

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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song

Walking with The Gods!

 It looks like Brian has been blessed by being granted an audience with his Gods.  If there's been a more sycophantic blog posting by a supposedly objective journalist, I've yet to read it.

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

Bowing?

Would be interesting to see the Bamster's receiving line with the liberal media, to watch the bowing and groveling and swooning.

It wasn't in a tent--average people

I was waiting at Mom's hairdresser Sat. It was the shop's last day--the owner asked for a rent reduction and got an increase--out of business after 7 yrs. There were half a dozen people in the waiting area. We got on the subject of the admin, of course--and to a person, they heaped anger and contempt! Muslim! Soros in charge. Hates regular people. Doesn't care about jobs or small business. Not even black--biracial. Health care bill is a joke and a mess. Everything came out! There is a reservoir of contempt out there...Washington better watch out!

ROLLING STONE

After smooching the hem of Obama's custom-made suitpants for months (Matt Taibbi, cough), RS finally had an editorial saying maybe Obama sold out to Wall Street. But of course, little Matt, in his article, had to call protestors "teabaggers" and opine that they just wanted to keep immigrants from getting good health care. I have news for this arrorgant youngster, he does good research, but so does Glenn Beck. I listen to them both for info. I wonder how he likes being in the same category.

Oh brother....it just keeps

Oh brother....it just keeps getting better and better.

"Better-than-average

"Better-than-average people."  Says it all, doesn't it? 

Now pardon me while my just-plain-average self runs off to puke...

I posted mine before reading yours..but..

  I'll leave mine...  Truth is Truth.

 

islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.

A "warm and glittery evening"?

"...he was dazzled to be invited to the White House state dinner on Tuesday night."

How much more fawning and gushing will the MSM give this pathetic excuse for a president?

What could be more nauseous? Anyone have a spare air sick bag?

"Inferior people should not be employed." - Firesign Theatre

Before The Year Is Out

Looks like Hussein is going to need a massive Lipectomy performed on his, and his wife's enormous, behinds. 

 

Sarah Palin: The Most Dangerous Conservative In America

Better Than Average People... Everyone...

"Better_Than_Average People! It was a thrill to see everyone..." Do we laugh or do we cry?

At one level, we laugh at the clear exposure of just how insular and fundamentally ignorant is Brian Williams... He is living proof that one can rise to grandeur and wealth by simply reading a teleprompter loaded with someone else's words while looking pretty... Notice the difference in simple English competence between his reading of others' work on NBC Nightly News and presumably his own work on his blog. Won't take long to figure it out.

Yet sadly, we cry when we realize just how many of our neighbors receive their ONLY news from the likes of Williams, Couric and Gibson...This is guerilla war... we will take our country back one issue at a time... we cannot give up... there is too much at stake...

Wow! All that power and

Wow! All that power and money at the state dinner. MEchelle had a new dress that took - get this - three weeks and 40 people to make. 


The rest of us are broke, unemployed, or on the battlefield. 

The power elite of the Left

The power elite of the Left to the Leftists is always superior to that of the Right.  They view the Leftist power elite to be self-made and "of the People" some how...you know, real Democracy.

The Conservatives only rise to power because of their crookedness, nepotism and privileged status.

In truth, it's the same for both.  One can rise up the ranks if the power elite feel they can use you to further their own ends or if you manage to accrue a great deal of wealth so can buy your way in.

No different than Rome or dozens of other defunct civilizations.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

"with better-than-average people!"

  "better than average people"?

  does that say it all or what?

 

islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.

elitist? NO !

What exactly is "better than average?"

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